Other figures found that 33% agreed that they can influence decisions by the county council, 40% were satisfied with services for older people, 33% were satisfied with road maintenance, 38% were satisfied with the places provided for young people to meet and 33% were satisfied with services for people with disabilities.

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Councillor Hazel Watson, leader of the Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council, said: "These disappointing figures come from the county council's own residents' survey and confirm what Liberal Democrat councillors have been saying for years - that the council is remote, inefficient and does not provide good value for money."

The county council's headquarters in Kingston (Image: Steve Porter)

She added: "We have highlighted the poor use of public money by the county council over a number of years, with council-owned offices under-utilised, council owned properties laying empty, £50K a year on the unnecessary cabinet associate posts, £136m spent on investment properties outside of Surrey and £14m spent last year on agency staff.

"It is no wonder that the public reaction to the proposed council tax rise of 15% was highly negative as Surrey residents do not trust this council to spend their money wisely.

"However there will be an opportunity for residents to express their opinion on the way in which Surrey County Council has been mismanaged by the Conservatives over the last four years, at the county council elections on May 4."

Cllr Hazel Watson

More positive results from the survey show that 94% of residents are satisfied with their neighbourhood as a place to live, and 63% of people are happy with the way the county council runs its services.

A total of 77.4% of responders said they were pleased with the quality of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, and 73.5% of residents said they were happy with the quality of household waste sites.

A county council spokesman said: “We are pleased that more than 94% of those surveyed are satisfied living in Surrey, that nearly 70% were satisfied with the quality of our primary schools and almost two-thirds with the way we run things.

"However, we recognise that 10% were dissatisfied with the quality of services for older people and 16% with services for people with disabilities and mental health problems.

“We take these results seriously as we want every resident to have a great experience of using our services and living in Surrey so are always trying to take steps to better these numbers.”